Transmigration into a Book: My Lord, Your Wife Has Taken Another Concubine for You

Chu Mochen glared at Lin Yanran, baring his teeth. "You wish!"

He's still so young, how could he possibly be content to be a powerless old marquis? Besides, that kid Chu Yunxuan isn't exactly a filial son.

If that brat Chu Yunxuan were to take over his title early on, his good days might be over, but his good days are probably numbered.

"Forget about the title, but I can give you the power of stewardship, you..."

"I don't want to!"

Lin Yanran cleanly interrupted Chu Mochen's next words. This guy was dreaming. He gave the housekeeping authority to his mother-in-law in a fit of anger, and now he regretted it and wanted to take it back, so he wanted her to play the villain again.

Chu Mochen...

Chu Mochen remained silent for a while before swallowing back the words he wanted to say to save face. He then reorganized his tone and words, saying, "You need to think this through. If you don't have the authority to manage the household, it will be inconvenient for you to do whatever you want."

Lin Yanran would never fight for this scoundrel. "Besides being the wife of a marquis, I am also a princess personally appointed by the current emperor. Whether I have the power to manage the household or not is irrelevant."

Besides, what can you do with that meager amount of money in the account that barely covers the expenses of the backyard?

"Princess Yixian is so domineering." Chu Mochen's tone was full of sarcastic envy. If he had even a little bit of royal blood, he wouldn't be having such a hard time.

Lin Yanran's main point was to infuriate Chu Mochen: "Sigh, who told me to have a mother who is a princess, an uncle who is the emperor, and a grandmother who is the empress dowager? I'm so lucky."

Thinking about the important reason he had come to see Lin Yanran today, Chu Mochen could only take a deep breath and, with a heavy heart, take ten one-thousand-tael silver notes from his trusted aide and place them on the dressing table in front of Lin Yanran:

"This is my sincere gift, ten thousand taels."

Chu Mochen both hoped that Lin Yanran would accept it and also hoped that she would refuse, as this was truly his last private stash.

It will be almost two months before the next batch of clan assets is delivered!

Lin Yanran gave Wenju a look, signaling Wenju to put the silver notes away.

Seeing Lin Yanran's meaningful glance, Wenju quickly put away the silver notes. If she was too slow and the Marquis regretted it, wouldn't that benefit the concubines in the harem? It was more cost-effective to keep them and use them to make some jewelry for her mistress.

Seeing that Wenju had put away the silver notes, Lin Yanran spoke up and said, "I have received the Marquis's apology. Let's consider this matter closed."

In any case, Lin Yanran would not personally go to her mother-in-law to seize the power of managing the household.

Although Chu Mochen felt a pang of regret over the silver notes, he thought that the things his wife had would eventually be left to his son, which was better than his mother always trying to take his things to give to his younger brother.

"Then I entrust the management of the household to you, Madam."

Having just received the money, Lin Yanran became a little more agreeable. "As long as the Marquis can take the power of managing the household from Mother, I will take charge."

Chu Mochen pointed to himself, "Madam, do I look like I have too much money to spend? If I could have it all, would I need to use silver notes?"

"Isn't this the apology you made last night when you came to my yard and went on a rampage? Mother loves the power to manage the household so much. If I, as her daughter-in-law, were to try and take it away, would you have a good life caught in the middle?"

Lin Yanran glanced at Chu Mochen with a look that said, "Are you crazy?"

Chu Mochen remained silent for a while, and finally he realized that what his wife said made some sense; regaining control of the household wouldn't be so easy.

"Then give me the silver note, and I'll find a way to get it back for you."

It's already in Lin Yanran's pocket, and they still want her to take it back? They're dreaming! "How can you ask for a few coins back after spending some money on your wife? Don't you have any class as a man?"

Chu Mochen looked at Lin Yanran intently for a while, and he knew he wouldn't get his money back. He hesitated for a moment, wondering whether to be embarrassed in front of outsiders or lose face in front of his wife. His choice was obvious:

"I'm out of money, madam, could you give me some?"

"I don't have any money, but since we're husband and wife, I'll give you a suggestion: go to the Zhonggong branch! Anyway, if you don't spend it, someone else will. As long as you spend enough, you'll soon regain your control of the household."

But let me make this clear first: if Zhonggong has any problems later, I won't cover them.

After Lin Yanran finished speaking, she ignored Chu Mochen and went to wash up on her own.

Lin Yanran originally thought that Chu Mochen would have left by the time she finished washing up. But when she came out, Chu Mochen was sitting in the spot where she usually read storybooks, engrossed in a book.

Lin Yanran walked closer out of curiosity, bent down and looked at the cover, "How to Live to 100 Years Old". At this moment, Lin Yanran was a little stunned.

The style of this title seems out of place with the writing style of this dynasty!

"My lord, are you reading a proper book?"

"Oh, this is the *Yang Sheng Nei Jing* (Inner Canon of Nourishing Life). I didn't like the original title, so I wrote the cover myself. What do you think of my cover, Madam?"

Chu Mochen pointed to the cover, his face full of pride.

Lin Yanran seriously doubted Chu Mochen's literary cultivation, but she didn't want to discuss this issue with him, so she casually replied, "It's fine. I'm sleepy. Is the Marquis going back to the front courtyard tonight?"

Chu Mochen thought Lin Yanran had another meaning in her words, so he stood up immediately. "I have some matters to attend to in the front courtyard, so I'll head back now."

Lin Yanran watched as Chu Mochen disappeared in an instant. After realizing what Chu Mochen meant, she almost burst out laughing (Chu Mochen, you've finally met your match).

However, Lin Yanran did not sleep well that night either. The people from Shiyun Courtyard knelt at the gate of Lin Yanran's courtyard in the middle of the night, begging Lin Yanran to send someone to invite the imperial physician.

That night, Wenlan, who was skilled in martial arts, was on night watch. However, she lacked the ability to adapt to changing circumstances, which allowed the people from Shiyun Courtyard to cause a disturbance in Lin Yanran's courtyard.

The noise was so loud that Lin Yanran was woken up.

Lin Yanran could only instruct Wen Lan to personally escort the person to the front yard to find Chu Mochen. He didn't care about his own concubine and his own child, so what was the point of him causing trouble for her in his old age?

Of course, she also sent someone to inform the old lady, since she was in charge of managing the household and her grandchildren had persistent high fevers, so she naturally had to get up and take care of them.

So, in the latter half of the night, the three bigwigs of the Marquis's mansion did not sleep, but gathered in Shiyun Courtyard to watch the imperial physician conduct a consultation.

Chu Mochen's anger subsided, and he finally agreed to call the imperial physician.

After the imperial physicians worked for more than an hour, Chu Yunyun and Chu Ruoyu's fevers finally subsided.

However, due to the use of strong medicine, the imperial physician predicted that the two would become less healthy and more prone to illness in the future.

Upon hearing the imperial physician's words, Aunt Sun fainted again in front of Lin Yanran and the other two, probably mainly because she wanted to faint in front of Chu Mochen.

Chu Mochen agreed to call the imperial physician so late because he felt that Chu Yunyun and Chu Ruoyu were ultimately his children, and he liked them quite a bit.

This doesn't mean he's forgiven Aunt Sun. After all, he'll have to live with this unacceptable rumor for three to five years or even a lifetime. Just thinking about it makes it hard to forgive, let alone experiencing it firsthand.

So Aunt Sun's fainting spell was in vain; as soon as she fainted, Chu Mochen ordered her to be carried away. He didn't even think to have the imperial physician examine her.